Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Odisha

All farmers including sharecroppers and tenant farmers growing the notified crops in the notified areas are eligible for coverage. However, farmers should have insurable interest on the insured crops and lands.

Scheme provides for adoption of three levels of Indemnity, viz., 70%, 80% and 90%. In Odisha it is 70%. The Threshold Yield shall be notified for the current season and the same will be used for claim calculation for that season. The Average Yield of a notified crop will be the average yield of the best five years out of the last seven years.

The basic cover under the scheme covers the risk of yield loss to standing crops (sowing to harvesting). This comprehensive risk insurance is provided to cover yield losses on an area-based approach basis, against non-preventable risks like drought, dry spells, flood, inundation, wide-spread pest and disease attack, landslides, natural fire due to lightening, storm, hailstorm, and cyclone.

Conducting sample checks through Physical verification of the crop enumeration, Checking of the aggregation of crop-wise area, Supervision on crop cutting experiments.

The sample checks are undertaken by the supervisory staff of NSSO (FOD) and of the State Governments on a matching basis in two non-overlapping samples.

Two schedules viz., Sch AS 1.0 and AS 2.0 used for recording the findings of the sample check on (a) enumeration of area and (b) the crop cutting experiments by the supervisory staff of Central (NSSO-FOD) and State agencies after conducting the sample checks.

The Agriculture Census carried out in three phases. In Phase-I, data on primary characteristics like number of operational holdings and area operated by different size class, social groups, gender, types of holding etc are collected. Though earlier, 20% of total villages of the State were covered in Phase-I, from 11th Agricultural Census, 2021-22, Phase-I is conducted in 100% revenue villages of the State.

2. In Phase-II, Survey is conducted in 20% randomly selected villages of each block /Tahasil and the Data points are mainly on tenancy particulars, land use, irrigation status and cropping pattern etc.

The Phase-III of Agriculture Census is conducted to collect data on use of agricultural inputs like seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural credit etc. from 7% sample of villages out of 20% villages of Phase-II

Skilled labour includes Carpenter, Cobbler, Blacksmith, Mason, Tubewell Operator and Tractor Driver. Similarly, Semi-Skilled Labour includes Ploughing, Showing, Weeding and Reaping & Harvesting. Unskilled includes labour for Watering the fields, Load Carries, Well Diggers, Cleaning silt from waterways, making Embankment, and Herdsman.

Data on agricultural labour wages are collected monthly from 89 centres across most of the sub-divisions in Odisha. Data collection includes normal working hours (8 hours) on a day in which wages are expressed in terms of cash or in kind and broken down by gender.

District wise monthly average wage, District wise annual average wage, Monthly average wage for the state and Annual average wage for the state are being compiled.

Under 7th Minor Irrigation Census with reference year 2023-24, in addition to collection of MI information, 2nd census of water bodies, 1st census of MMI (major & medium irrigation) projects and 1st census of springs will also be conducted.

The Census covers all surface water and groundwater schemes with a Culturable Command Area (CCA) of up to 2,000 hectares.

Information on irrigation sources, irrigation potential, ownership, water distribution methods, energy sources, and devices used to lift water. The census of water body covers type of water body, uses, cost, ownership, repair, storage capacity etc. are collected. 7th Census also includes a census of springs and spring-sheds as part of Minor Irrigation (MI)